Lamu : A Study of the Swahili Town
Häftad bok. East African Literature Bureau. 1st edition uppl. 1975. 94 sidor.
Nära nyskick. Språk: engelska/ english. 185 x 215 mm. Illustrated in black and white. -- The towns of the East African coast retain memories of an evolved urban culture influenced by numerous waves of migration, many centuries of inter-oceanic trade and contacts and about two centuries of discontinuous Portuguese intervention. These towns are the subject of this book. It introduces their historical development, structure, functions and patterns of architecture through focusing on the in-shore island of Lamu.
